Pistol-holster.



W. H. SHELTON.

PISTOL HOLSTER.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 13. 1916.

Patented June 12, 1917.

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WALTER H. SHELTON, OF EL PASO, TEXAS, ASSIGNOR TO THE SI-IELTON-PAYNEARMS COMPANY, OF EL PASQ, TEXAS, A CORPORATION.

PISTOL-HOLSTER.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented June 12, 1 917,

Application filed November 13, 1916. Serial No. 131,091.

To all to ham it may concern Be it known that I, WALTER H. SHELTON, acitizen of the United States, residing at El Paso, in the county of ElPaso and State of Texas, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Pistol-Holsters; and I do hereby declare the followingto be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such aswill enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make anduse the same.

The present invention relates to improvements in pistol holsters, andhas for an ob-- ject to provide an improved pistol holster in which thebarrel or case will be so constructed as to receive the weapon and holdthe same in a position with the handle or stock thereof projecting awayfrom the body of the wearer, so as to be readily grasped and quicklydrawn from the holder.

It is another object of the present invention to provide an improvedpistol holster in which the covering flap as heretofore used and whichinterfered with the quick pulling of the weapon, is dispensed with and arelative narrow strap is substituted, which engages over the hammer,thereby prevent ing striking of the same as well as accidental slippingof the revolver from the holster.

A further object of the present invention lies in providing an improvedpistol holster which will have a separate strip in the sheath thereof,in which is cut a slot for receiving the magazine-releasing pin andholding the latter out of possible engagement with the rear wall of saidsheath in .a manner to avoid the accidental release of revolver; and

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the blank from which the improvedholster is constructed.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, the improved holster ismade up from a blank of leather, or other suitable material, cut out,stamped, or otherwise produced, to provide a body 1, and a base 2extending from the upper edge of said body 1 and being bent there-behindon the line of flexure 3. The body 1 and base 2 are secured atsubstantially the bottom of the holster case or sheath by one or morefastenings 1.

A lateral flap 5 also forms one portion of the blank, such flap 5 beinga complement of the body 1, and being folded over thereon in-the mannerindicated in Fig. 1, uniting therewith to constitute the case or sheathinto which the weapon fits. This flap 5 may be secured to the body 1 inany suitable manner, advantageously by the stitching indicated at 6. Astrap 7 encircles the case or sheath substantially centrally, and issecured to the base 2 at one end as by a fastening 8, shown in Fig. 2,and at its other end by a fastening 9, illustrated in both Figs. 1 and2. The openings 10, seen in Fig. 2, are for admitting the prongs of thefastening device 9, which are overturned on the rear face of the basein'a manner which will-be well understood. Obviously other fasteningmeans may be employed.

In the flap -5 is produced a slot 11, through which the index finger isreceived to engage the trigger of the revolver which rests in theholster opposite this slot, as indicated in Fig. 1.

In the case or sheath is placed a leather or other strip, or piece, 12,formed with a beveled straight edge 13 terminating short of onelongitudinal wall of the holster, and conforming substantially to thecurvature of the gun barrel, it thus forming with the proximate walls ofthe case a substantially round socket for snugly receiving the gunbarrel. a

This piece 12 is held in place by the stitching 6 passing therethrough,as clearly shown in the drawings. This strip 12, however, might be heldin the case by other means. In its upper edge this strip 12 is formedwith a slot 13 coming substantially opposite the slot 11 in the flap 5,and being provided to receive the magazine releasing pin on the revolverstock and prevent the same from coming in contact with the body 1,thereby preventing accidental release of the magazine.

The body 1 is slitted at 14 to receive one end of a strap 15 which ispassed therethrough and secured to the body as inclicated at 16; suchstrap being for the purpose of holding the pistol in the holster, andwhile preventing its accidental removal therefrom, at the same timeallowing it to be readily withdrawn whenever the wearer so desires. Forthis purpose the strap 15 is nection with the accompanying drawings,

the construction of the improved holster will be readily understood bythose versed in this art; and it will be apparent to all the users offirearms that the piece 12 will engage the revolver parts adjacent thebarrel in a manner to hold the handle or stock of the weapon at an angleaway from the body so as to be entirely free thereof, and in a positionto be readily grasped by the wearer and quickly withdrawn from theholster. The fastening 17 will readily yield under the strain andrelease the revolver without the necessity of the wearer having topositively undo this connection.

It is obvious that those skilled in the art may vary the details ofconstruction and arrangements of parts without departing fromthe spiritof my invention, and therefore I do not wish to be limited to suchfeatures except as may be required by the claims; a

I claim:

1. A pistol'holster including a casing constructed to provide a socketfor receiving the gun barrel, and a strip extending substantially thelength of said-casing inside of same and forming one side of saidsocket,

Copies of this patent may be obtained for the pistol barrel, said stripadapted to engage the magazine and hold the pistol. handle outwardly soas to be free of the wearers body, substantially as described.

3. A pistol holster of the character described including a blank forminga body and having a' base made in one piece with the upper edge thereofand folded over rearwardly on said body, means for attaching the bodyand base together, said blank also having formed in one piece therewithand at one side thereof a flap, said flap being bent over on the frontface of said body and forming therewith a case in which the pistol isreceived, a strip extending lengthwise in said case at one side thereofand having a beveled'edge next the pistolv barrel for conformingsubstantially to the curvature thereof, said strip being adapted toengage the magazine and hold the pistol with the handle extendingoutwardly at an angle to the body of the wearer, means for securing saidflap and strip to said body, said strip having a slot therein forreceiving the magazine-releasing pin, said flap having a slot thereinfor admitting the finger of the wearer to the pistol trigger, and arela- V tively narrow strap for engaging over the pistol hammer to holdthe same in place in the holster, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature. I

WALTER H. SHELTON.

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